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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27
Another Congressman in JAIN.

PARKERsBURG. w. Va. Aug. 26--Ths entire
congressional district is excited over the news of
the escapade in which ex- Congressman Eustace
Gibson has just figured Judge McGinnis, of
the State Circuit Court. and Mr.. Gibson have
for years been unfrendly terms. few days
ago, while Gibson was defending hopeless case
in the Circuit Court at Huntington, he took oc-
cason, so it is said, to charge that the Judge
was open to bribery. and that there was no
trying to justice from either the court or
jury. While walking on the streets ct Hunting
ton, Wednesday afternoon, Gibson is alleged to
have used most foul and vile language concern
ing the court calling the Judge opprebrous cpl
thets and making use of language highly deroga-
tory to his judicial character. AS soon the
court reconvened Gibson arraigned upon
charge of contempt. The courtroom was
crowded OVERLOOKING and the examination
Is conducted amid intense excitement After
listening to the testimony of number of the
most reputable men, Judge McGinnis fined Mr..
Gibson $50 and ordered him sent jail for ten
DAYS. Yesterday efforts were made in his be-
half for a release from custody, but the Judge
refused to modify the sentence. and the ex- Con-
gresham must fill out his term in Jail.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

THE coalition between the Republicans and
independent Democrats in Maryland is the
most interesting event in current politics. 1t
is good politics on the part of both and very
clearly in the interest of reform and good
government. Hereafter the Republicans and
Independent Democrats will make common
cause against the corrupt ring rule which has
enslaved the State of Maryland for years past.
This ring, headed by German and differed by
men of the Higgins school, is one of the worst
developments of corrupt Democracy that ex-
lists anywhere. The independent Democrats
representing the reform element of the party
after trying in vain for several years to &C
complish reform within the party, have at
last concluded to try it from without. They
number several thousand voters. In joining
with the Republicans to defeat the regular
party organization and machine they wish it
distinctly underst God that they yield nothing
of their Democracy. They are honest Demo
Gratis, fighting the corrupt methods of their
own party. In this respect they occupy much
the same position that such Democrats as Mr..
l..
others in this city do who are trying to rid
their party of ring rule and save it from self
destruction. The speech of John K. Cowen,
a prominent citizen and Democrat of Balti-
more, at the recent Republican State conven-
ton, shows what kind of fight the indie
pendent Democrats propose to make for the
publication of their party. They propose to
beat it. Mr.. Cowen said:
''It is curious for an Independent Democrat
like me to address this convention, but / want
to say for myself as well as for the body of
Independent Democratic voters of the State
that they propose to support, out and out, the
ticket that you have nominated to-day. I
know well two of the men on your ticket
With one of them the railroad for which | am
counsel is engaged in the most serious htiga-
ton in which the road is now concerned. He
is on one side and ] am the other, and
show my confidence in him by saying that
shall support him and the whole ticket"
There is no mental reservation in this. It
is the utterance of an honest man, who means
what he says and says what he means. After
pointing out some of the infamies of the Cor
man rule in Maryland the speaker said
Measured by the standard of party re-
sponsibiity the regular Democrats of this
State have been false to all their promises.
They have violated their pledges and they
have rewarded corruption with Office. / be-
lieve the way to reform party is to reform
it with a club. 1 do not believe in any
rosewater business. You must not expect
that shall indorse whatever your platform
may say on national issues. / am a Democrat
and am constant in that faith. You cannot
expect me to support your national candi-
dates. l shall retain my Democratic faith"
Party managers not in the habit of
hearing such talk as this from one of their
own party. 1t is pity they do not hear it
oftener. We trust the time is not far distant
when some honest Democrat of Indiana will
make as bold and ringing arraignment of
his party as that made by Mr.. Cowen of the
party in Maryland.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

THE offer of 300, 900 acres of land by the
New South Wales government to any mis-
sionary society that will undertake to civilize
the natives, shows how business tactics may
be adapted to religious purposes The rival
missionary societies which desire to profit by
the offer will have to conduct themselves very
decorously in presenting their respective
claims or the authorities may conclude that
the savages would not be improved by graft
ing upon them the WAYS of civilization.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

NOTHING connected with prison manage
ment in recent times has excited more
general horror than the accounts of atrocities
system of Georgia, by which convicts were
subjected to cruelties the mildest of which
were too horrible to relate. The protest of
civilization has finally reached the ears of
the Governor of Georgia and he has taken
steps to abolish the system root and branch.
1t is to be hoped he will not withhold his
hand until the work is accomplished.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

The debate on the proclaiming of the Irish
National League under the recently enacted
crimes law was completed last night in the
English House of Commons and the Ministry
was sustained, though its usual majority was
somewhat reduced. If the new law is put
into active operation it will simply compel
the league to do secretly the work that has
heretofore been done openly, and the feeling
of bitterness on the part of the Irish people
will be greatly intensified.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27
Wants to Be INDICATED.

There is soon to be a city election in Indianap-
oils and Simeon Coy, the leader in the case OF
the alleged tally sheet forgery,is calling upon the
Democracy to rally to the support of the Demo-
cratic ticket and elect it in vindication OF his
course in the case. Democratic leaders, ward
bummers and politicians will 60 far toward
''vndicatng' man of the charges alleged
against Simeon and his gang, but We apprehend
that there are hundreds of honest Democrats of
the rank and file of the party, even in the city
of indianapolis, who will Indignantly spurn the
demand of these vioiators of the law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

THE New York Central railroad announces
that by the time winter opens its cars will be
equipped with a system of steam heating
pipes and the deadly stove will be banished.
This is good example for other roads to fol-
low. Popular opinion is so strong on this
subject that railway companies will find it
difficult to fix the responsibility for wrecks
In which the passengers are burned to death
npon humble employees; section bosses, for
Instance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27
HERE is a gem of sentiment from

HERE is gem of sentiment from sweet
little essay asters and goldenrod:
$50 liberal largesse is for all mankind, and
of it youth and age partake with
stinted joy, and even the dumb creatures that
wander amid the riches of the wayside seem
dimly conscious of the peace and happiness
the flowers diffuse. Beauty, beauty every
where and in the mind of him who feels the
receptive influences of the time, an inner con-
sciousness of loneliness residing, not so much
in leaf and flower, in tranquil landscape and
in whispering woodlands as in the mind itself
that pauses and beholds."
Was it written by young miss as a part of
a school composition? Oh no; it appears as
editorial in a Boston mugwump paper. With
civil-service reform in the last stages of de-
cline politics pals upon the taste of the mug
wump editor and he is driven to nature for
solace.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

THE department commander of the Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic says the rebel
flag incident has stimulated the growth Of the
organization quite remarkably. During the
administration of his predecessor the member
ship in Ohio increased 5000. During. the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

A sTREET-RAILwAY from Woodruff Place
to Haughville will be a road many Indianapo-
lis people long have sought, and mourned be-
cause the monopoly would build it not. 1t
will be built now, however, but not by the
johnson company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

IT is well enough to bar out pauper immi-
grants, but investigation into Castle Garden
management shows that the officials in charge
do their best to make paupers of the foreign
arrivals before they get out of their hands.
Disclosures already made show that shameful
extortions have been practiced upon the ig-
norant and helpless strangers. A thorough
cleaning out of the place is in order.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

SUPERVISING ARCHITECT FRERET hasn't
been in Office great while, but he has been
there long enough to ferret out the Republic
an clerks in his department. Of ten men
whom he discharged at one swoop this week
ten were Republicans The new architect is
a man after Senator Voorhees, own heart.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

NEW YORK Pronibitionists seem to have
"tumbled" to themselves Members of the
convention at Syracuse are distinguishaoIe
by the small gold crank worn by each as
badge on his coat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27
INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SATURDAY, AUGUST 81 1887.

present administration the increase has been
about I,500 for the first quarter only, and if
the growth continues at the same ratio the in
some it is expected to increase faster than
that, however, and it is freely predicted that
the gain may reach $1,000 during the present
administration. The flag incident seems to
have set the old soldiers to thinking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

PITTsBURG, Aug. pa Chronicle Telegraph
special from Wheeling to-day states that the
members of the Grand Army who participated
in the demonstration in that city Yesterday re-
fused to pass under q portrait OF President
Cleveland suspended from the Register Office
The entire column made detour and drooped
their colors in passing the picture The action
caused considerable excitement In the city.
There were over FIVE thousand veterans In ilne
from western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West
VIRGINIA.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

A KANSAS CITY dispatch intimates that
prominent Knights of Labor are to be ar
rested for completely in train wrecking during
the great railroad strike OF 1856, and it is
even intimated that the plot mad its origin in
a lodge-room. The order is hardly in a con-
dition at present to carry the odium of such
an arnnsura
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

people stood out long time for IS per cent,
but finally compromised on 30. The
settlement comes in time to prevent what
might have resulted in further excitement, as
large amount of property levied was
advertised to be sold next Monday, and there
was every reason to apprehend trouble. The
compromise is doubtless a fortunate settle
ment for all concerned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

The President will be in indianapolis nearly
two days if the present programme is adhered
20. This will give him time to view the trans
Ger car on all four of its sides.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

THE Sentinel has gained very unpleasant
notoriety through its alleged discovery of
plot among the Grand Army men to murder
the President. People who never heard of
the paper before refer to its slanderous and
venomous charge with indignation and dis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27
indicating Coy.


If Coy and his associates wish to appeal to the
people of indianapolis for viudcation they
should be gratified. There certainly enough
honorable and law-abiding voters in the city TO
overwhelmingly defeat him. If he insists upon
the contest let it be thoroughly made By the law
and order portion of the community.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27
canno, Succeed Permanently.

Franklin Republican.
Political leaders who pin their faith to Green
Smith and Sim Coy tactics cannot nave per-
manenr hold on the better element of any party.
Their INSCRIPTIONS methods may be attended
with Temporary success. bnt Will surely DEFEAT
IL the end any party that inoorses them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

THE long controversy between the holders
of Taylor county (Kentucky) bonds and the
people of the county has finally been COM
promised by the attorneys of the bondholders
agreeing to accept 80 per cent The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27
Give Him Time.

Chicago Times.
There IN not a word of truth In the story that
the President has offered prize of $40 for the
best or triplets exhibited at one OF the county
e.. IN New YORK State There is no evidence
that this administration indorses such things.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

HAMPTON l.. CARSON, of Philadelphia, Sec
rotary of the commission which is arranging
for the celebration of the hundredth anniversary
of the framing of the Constitution, has received
the following letter from Cardinal Gibbons:
"I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor
of the 6th inst, informing me that am invited
to offer the closing prayer and to invoke 5ene-
diction on the 18th day or September next.
gratefully accept the invitation and shall cheer
fully comply with the request of the committee
by performing the sacred duty assigned to me.
In common with my feliow-citizens [ heartily
rejoice in the forthcoming commemorative cele-
braiion. The Constitution of the United States
is worthy of being written in letters of gold. It
is charter by which the liberties of sixty mill
ions of people secured and by which. under
Providence, the temporal happiness of countless
millions yet unborn will be perpetuated."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

THE first thing noticed by strangers who
visit Indianapolis is the filthy condition of
the streets The next is the transfer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

II Mr.. Cleveland should desire to take a lit
tie athletic exercise while here he might work
his way into the suburbs on a bob-tail car.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27
Dsoe,vea by the Cut of His whiskers.

Detroit Tribuae !, -.
The notorious He1ry ). Ives IS not the KIND
of /. shaver we took him to be. A cut of him in
the Philadelphia Press represents him as wear
ing whiskers only one side of his face.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

70 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journals
Please inform whether it is larceny for
man to take newspaper out of the postofflce
and refuse to pay for it, What is the lava An
and oblige a newspaper man. X
FoRTvILJ.E IND.
There is no postal law the subject; it is
controlled by common law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

JAY GoULDS grandson has been named King
don. his mothers family name. By the way
speaking of babies. what has become of the
Whitney infantl It's nose seems to have been
put completely out of joint by the Gould heir.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

A BANKRUPT sale of dry goods in Pittsbure
brought out such a crowd of women that a baby
carried by one of them was smothered to death
in the JAM If the accident had not occurred
that woman might have saved much five
cents on as many yards of calico. Without the
calico and the baby she can hardly regard it
q cham
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

Telephone Calls.
Business 23S Editorial Rooms 242
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

THE town clerk of Salem, ILL., claims to own
a rooster with such an ear for music that when
the young lady of the house sits down to the
piano the bird hurres. mounts the instrument
and pounds the keys with his feet. There is
nothing remarkable about this The average
piano playing is enough to make sensitive poul-
try very tired, and any rooster that can't pro-
duce better music is ntitled to be called scrub
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

NOVELIST HowELLs evidently aspres to be an
autocrat. In the September number of Harper
he reiterates his previous assertion in regard to
Tolstoi's rank in the literary world. 'As for
Tolstoi," he says. she is the Incompatible, and
no novelist of any time any tongue can fairly
be compared with him. novelist fairly
be compared with Shakespea re-" No modest Il
think" or "in my opinion" modifee his declara-
ton. He has put the Russian writer at the top
and will not admit the possibility that others
equally well qualified to judge may hold that he
belongs elsewhere. As it happens. however,
neither Howells nor another can make opinions
for the public to accept without question
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

more hOnOrabIe POSITION lt been.
He brought dignity and prominence to it, and he
was more than igurehead in it. Had he lived,
his term ice-presdent would have been a
notable one in our history"
wherein, Mrs Hendricks" / asked, edo
you think that Governor Hendricks especially
excelledW
''That is hard question for me answer
and should give my thoughts you would say
they were too eulogistic l think he preferred
the law to politics, and some of his best work
was done In the courtroom dld not want him
to accept the vce-presdency He was then just
at the age to take life easy. His mind was
trained, and he was especially well-htted for
the law that he could try his cases without much
trouble. His lifetime OF reading had come into
play, and his memory strong when he
was young His intellectual and physical
vitality were at their full the year before he
of life. He had such even emperament that
l looked to his living to ripe old age"
''Was he worried much during his last yearg
mo: he did not let little things bother him.
and he did not let himself be annoyed by the
petty troubles of politics. These things will
right themselves he would say, and would dis
miss them from his mind 1t was only when
his honor his character was attacked that he
grew angry and in such cases he persevered
until the wrongs were righted. He was above
all things party man, anc he cared more for
his party than for himself"
.He was a man of great domestic tastes, was
he notF
Eyes. ne loved his home, and he liked moth
ing hetter than to sit here of an evening and
read He read poetry, and loved it. and during
the latter years of his life very fond of
stories and light novels. He liked Dickens, and
was fond of having read to him. He said il
rested him. and have spent great deal of
time in this way. He good reader him
self, and he liked to read poetry aloud. He had
a good library, and have kept this intact he
left it..
Governor Hendricks possessed strong social
instinctsl"
Eyes; he liked his friends, and he had the
power of sympathizing with to greater
extent than most public men. He was great
Iron County register., 1887-10-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

| Ex.SECRETARY MANNING's bank in New
York has been made Government depos-
itory.
| SECRETARY FAIRCHILD had purchased
up to the close of business on the Sth,
bonds to the amount of $l3, $780, $50, under
the recent call.
CHOLERA at New York and yellow fever
at Tampa, Fla, are creating some alarm
among our Mexican neighbors, and
strict quarantine has been declared
against United States ports.
THE purchase of the Baltimore & Ohio
telegraph system by Jay Gould's syndic-
ate is the Wall street sensation of the
day. Garrett threatens war in the courts.
| AS an instance of the feeting nature of
| fame in France, it may be stated that
General Boulanger's name is now scarcely
heard in Paris, where few months ago
he was the idol.
| CARDINAL GIBBONS has ordered a col
lection taken up in all Catholic churches
throughout the country to raise fund
with which to purchase a present for the
Pope.
| 1T is stated from London that the sharp
lawyers of the Irish National League can
find defects in the new Crimes law large
enough to "drive a coach and four
| through"
| THE President went fishing in Lake
Mendoza, near Madison, Wis, on the Sth,
and had his usual luck with the black
bass.
THE captain of the steamship Alesia has
been arrested at the instance of Surveyor
Beattie of the port of New York, for fail
ure to properly provide for his sick pas
sengers on the voyage over.
THE funeral of Ex-Governor Washburne
of Massachusetts took place at Greenfield
| on the Sth. Governor Ames and staff and
several other notables were present.
THE report of United States Consul-Gen-
eral Bonham at Calcutta to the State De-
tpartment treats at length of the wheat in
iterests of British India, where the total
yield the past season was 2S9, ,000, 900 bush
/ els.
CoMMANDER-IN-CH CHIEF REA of the Grand
Army of the Republic has appointed as
members of his staff: Daniel Fish. Min
neapolis, Adjutant-General; John Taylor,
Philadelphia, Quartermaster-Gener F;
Wheelock G. Veazey, Rutland, VT, Judge
advocate General
JULIUS CESAR and Joseph Saunders,
colored, were arraigned in the Yorkville
| IN. W police court on the sth, on the
charge of being engaged in the s'saw-
dust" swindle. Saunders was held for
further hearing and Cesar was dis
charged.
The League base ball season closed on
the Sth, the clubs finishing in the follow
| ing order: Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago,
New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Washing
ton, indianapolis. The Association sea-
| son was scheduled to close on the 10th.
Their order is: st. Louis, Cincinnati, Bal
timore, Louisville, Athletics, Brooklyn,
Metropolitans, Cleveland.